Coroner ID's Navy Service Member Killed In Beaumont Crash

BEAUMONT, CA — The identity of a Navy man killed last week in a crash on Interstate 10 in Beaumont has been released by the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's Bureau.

Jaquane Carter, 30, of Burgaw, North Carolina, died shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday at the crash scene on the westbound side of the freeway, just east of Beaumont Avenue.

Carter was stationed out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, according to the California Highway Patrol. His Facebook profile states he was a culinary specialist in the Navy.

Carter was driving west in a 2015 Kia Sportage in the number four lane of I-10 when he failed to see stopped traffic ahead, according to a CHP report released Friday afternoon.

The Navy man slammed into the back of a stopped 2019 Freightliner that was towing a 53-foot semi-trailer. As a result of the impact, Carter "suffered blunt force head trauma" and was pronounced dead at the scene, the CHP reported.

Carter was traveling at an "unknown speed," the CHP said.

The 56-year-old truck driver from Desert Hot Springs suffered minor injuries in the incident; his unidentified passenger was not injured, according to the CHP report. No arrests were announced.

The crash forced the partial closure of westbound I-10 for several hours as part of the CHP investigation.

The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact CHP Officer K. McCallum at the San Gorgonio Pass Area CHP office at 951-769-2000.

Editor's note: The California Highway Patrol reported the victim's age as 31. The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's Bureau said he was 30.